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The '''Fall of Mount Gundabad''', took place after [[Sack of Eregion|Eregion was destroyed]].  
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|result=The [[Longbeards]] are driven from Gundabad, and the Orcs claim a foothold in the mountains of the North.
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After the doors of [[Khazad-Dûm]] were [[Sack of Eregion|shut]], [[Orcs]], reinforced and commanded by the servants of [[Sauron]], invaded [[Mount Gundabad]] and drove the [[Longbeard]] Dwarves from their holy site and dwelling. As a result, the [[Grey Mountains]] were infested and communication between [[Khazad-Dûm]] and the [[Iron Hills]] was cut off.<ref>{{PM|Dwarves}}, p. 305</ref>
The '''Fall of Mount Gundabad''', took place in the mid-Second Age.
It was a conflict in which Orcs who had fled the [[War of Wrath]]{{fact}} in the [[First Age]], invaded [[Mount Gundabad]] from [[Forodwaith (lands)|Forodwaith]]{{fact}}, and drove the [[Longbeard]] Dwarves from their holy site and dwelling. One which they would not gain back till after the [[War of the Ring]].<ref>{{PM|Dwarves}}, p. 305</ref>


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[[Category:Conflicts of the Second Age]]
[[Category:Conflicts of the Second Age]]

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Fall of Mount Gundabad
Conflict: Orc Invasion of the Mountains of the North (Second Age)
Date: Mid-Second Age
Place: Mount Gundabad
Outcome: The Longbeards are driven from Gundabad, and the Orcs claim a foothold in the mountains of the North.
Combatants

Dwarves of Durin's folk

Orcs

Commanders

Unknown

Unknown

Strength

Unknown

Unknown, likely many thousands.

Casualties

Unknown

Unknown

The Fall of Mount Gundabad, took place in the mid-Second Age. It was a conflict in which Orcs who had fled the War of Wrath[source?] in the First Age, invaded Mount Gundabad from Forodwaith[source?], and drove the Longbeard Dwarves from their holy site and dwelling. One which they would not gain back till after the War of the Ring.[1]

References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "Of Dwarves and Men", p. 305
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